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Local hockey team sees potential in NHL lockout

Hockey fans might not be seeing their favorite Bruins players during the NHL lockout, but they might soon be seeing new faces playing at Verizon Wireless Arena.

"All I know is there is no season and that stinks," 11-year-old hockey fan Mitchell Feren said. "I just want a season, to be honest. I really don't care whose fault it is. I just want a season."

Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was in Manchester on Monday for the second annual Big Z Challenge charity event.

Lots of hockey fans and lots of talk of the n-h-l lockout. And while his fans may not be seeing him on the ice soon, the lock-out may mean new faces on the ice at verizon wireless arena.

Several hockey fans said they were sad that they would have to wait longer for hockey to return.

"No hitting. No fighting. No going to games. So it's going to be a pretty boring year this year," 11-year-old Brenden Herbert said.

Representatives with the Monarchs and it's NHL affiliate, the LA Kings, said the lockout might mean some new players hit the ice at Verizon Wireless Arena.

"We might see a few players here that otherwise would be in the NHL. We are going to enjoy them while we have them until the lockout is over," Monarchs representative Mark Morris said.

"The competition will be a little quicker and a little higher. I urge all the fans to come and see it because a lot of the guys seen here they will see in the NHL," LA Kings representative Luc Robitaille said.

Chara said he was staying put.

"It's still pretty early. Right now my focus is still here and wait and see. Any day could be good news, or still the same. We are hoping for good news, but as of now, I'm not planning to go anywhere," he said.

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